THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

MATH1013 University Mathematics II

Tutorial 1

In this tutorial, we only work in the world of real numbers.

1. Let f (x) = x2 − 2x + 6.

(a) Find the largest possible domain of f and the corresponding range of f .
(b) Find the largest possible interval I containing 0 such that f has an inverse if we restrict
its domain to be I.
(c) Find the inverse function of f in part (b).

2. For each of the following, give a function satisfying all the conditions and plot its graph.

(a) a monotonic increasing function which is not injective

(b) an injective function with domain R and range (−∞, −2] ∪ (1, ∞)
(c) a surjective and periodic function with domain R

3. Solve each of the following trigonometric equations.

(a) cos2 x = 3 sin2 x

(b) 2 cos2 x + 5 sin x = −1
(c) sin 4x = 4 sin2 x sin 2x

x+y
4. (a) Show that tan−1 x + tan−1 y = tan−1 + nπ for any x, y ∈ R, where n = −1, 0, 1.
1 − xy
(b) As shown in the figure, there are 3 identical squares. Using part (a) or otherwise, find
α + β + γ.

γ β α

5. (a) Show that cos 3θ = 4 cos3 θ − 3 cos θ for any θ ∈ R.

(b) Hence or otherwise, solve the equation 8x3 − 6x − 1 = 0. (Express the roots in terms of the
trigonometric functions.)

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Additional problems:
6. For each of the following, find the largest possible domain of the function and find the corre-
sponding range.
√
(a) f (x) = x2 − 1
x2 − 4x
(b) g(x) = 2
x − 3x − 4
∣x∣
(c) h(x) =
√+ 1
x
(d) j(x) = sin x − 1

7. For each of the following functions (with codomain R and the largest possible domain), de-
termine whether it is injective, surjective, monotonic increasing, monotonic decreasing, odd,
even and periodic.
2
(a) f (x) = 3x −1
(b) g(x) = − ∣sin x + tan x∣
1
(c) h(x) = ln
x+1

8. The graph of a function f is shown in the figure below.

y

1
x
−1

−1

(a) Find the domain and the range of f .

(b) Determine the intervals for which f is monotonic increasing and monotonic decreasing.
(c) Is f an odd function? Is it an even function?

9. As shown in the figure, find cos θ, sin θ, cos 2θ and sin 2θ.
y

θ
x

(−5, −12)

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10. Prove the following identities.
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(a) sin x cos y = [sin (x + y) + sin (x − y)]
2
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(b) cos x cos y = [cos (x + y) + cos (x − y)]
2
1
(c) sin x sin y = − [cos (x + y) − cos (x − y)]
2
x+y x−y
(d) sin x + sin y = 2 sin cos
2 2
x+y x−y
(e) cos x + cos y = 2 cos cos
2 2

11. (a) Find sin (tan−1 4).

(b) Simplify sin (tan−1 x) where x is a real number.